The first and only “Naked Lunch” Nerf skit on the Internet

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William S. Burroughs was a luminary in the beat poetry movement of the 1950s and one of the most notable figures in 20th century American poetry. David Cronenberg is a genius filmmaker who’s created some of the most visually striking, visceral movie experiences of the last 40 years (seriously, everyone should watch Videodrome at least once). In 1991, Cronenberg made a film based on Burroughs’ seminal, often banned, entirely non-linear novel Naked Lunch.

It featured Peter Weller as an analog of Burroughs himself. Seriously, Robocop was a drug-addled beat poet in a surreal version of the 1950s where drugs came from bugs and weird sex things were everywhere. And that includes weird sex things with bug drugs.

Naturally, this led to the production of an 18-second skit done with Nerf guns based on one of the most jarring and, oddly, true-story scenes in the film. And no, I can’t give any more context to anything in Naked Lunch. It’s really weird.

This is for the maybe five people on the Internet who will find this joke funny.

And thanks to Chris Radtke for taking a shot in the face like a champ. Especially after I’ve accidentally shot him in the face like five times doing other videos. Also, don’t fire Nerf guns at anyone’s face. It’s dangerous, and Hasbro says you shouldn’t. Don’t do it, you guys. Even if it’s funny and you’re totally going to do it anyway.